Business-to-Business Network Pilots

Quick Facts

Due Date

August 4, 2014 (Monday)

Award Amount

Un-Known

Category of Funding Activity

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Eligible Applicants

Others - Eligible applicants are existing Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers. Applicants are strongly encouraged to form teaming arrangements involving multiple MEP Centers and service providers such that multiple Centers share appropriate infrastructure (hardware, software, expertise, knowledge and/or services as examples) to address scouting needs on a regional level. An eligible organization may work individually or include proposed subawardees and/or contractors or other collaborators in a project proposal, effectively forming a team or consortium.

Program Description

NIST invites proposals from eligible applicants to deploy and maintain one or more Business-to-Business Network (B2B Network) pilot projects. The B2B Network pilots shall have the human and information infrastructure needed to conduct real-time business opportunity scouting, technology scouting, supplier scouting and market scouting including the active content management and human interactions needed to establish and maintain data quality, identify opportunities and make matches on behalf of companies.

General Information

Funding Opportunity Number

2014-NIST-MEP-B2BN-01

Funding Opportunity Title

Business-to-Business Network Pilots

Opportunity Category

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Funding Instrument Type

Cooperative Agreement

Category Explanation

Not Available

Number of Awards

Not Available

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement

No

Posted Date

June 20, 2014 (Friday)

Application Due Date

August 4, 2014 (Monday)

Application Archive Date

September 3, 2014 (Wednesday)

Total Program Funding

$ 0

Award Amount

Un-Known

CFDA Number

11.611 - Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Eligible Applicants

Others - Eligible applicants are existing Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers. Applicants are strongly encouraged to form teaming arrangements involving multiple MEP Centers and service providers such that multiple Centers share appropriate infrastructure (hardware, software, expertise, knowledge and/or services as examples) to address scouting needs on a regional level. An eligible organization may work individually or include proposed subawardees and/or contractors or other collaborators in a project proposal, effectively forming a team or consortium.